Oh... Bless your little hearts, Teabaggers. You guys are just adorable when you think you're smart enough to accomplish something more mentally taxing than scribbling your illiteracy on a poster board.

Economic freedom? Because promoting corporate profits over local growth actually limits social mobility and competition in the markets.

Religious freedom? Because freedom of religion means that the government doesn't interfere with anyone's right to worship--or not worship--no matter their faith. That means Mormons, Muslims, Buddhists and even atheists have the right to pursue their faith without support or hinderance.

Privacy? Because a lot of the laws that TEA Party patriots seem to advocate run exactly counter to that.

Equality? Because championing the cause of those who want to see limits on the rights of citizens to marry doesn't sound much like "freedom"...

First they have to articulate exactly what freedom they think is missing, and needs to be restored.

This could be a huge time-saver if they realize that they're trying to save some vague sense of liberty from an imaginary threat, like UN troops amassing in Mexico to put conservatives in boxcars. In that case, they can simply declare victory and go home happy.

Economic freedom? Because promoting corporate profits over local growth actually limits social mobility and competition in the markets.

Religious freedom? Because freedom of religion means that the government doesn't interfere with anyone's right to worship--or not worship--no matter their faith. That means Mormons, Muslims, Buddhists and even atheists have the right to pursue their faith without support or hinderance.

Privacy? Because a lot of the laws that TEA Party patriots seem to advocate run exactly counter to that.

Equality? Because championing the cause of those who want to see limits on the rights of citizens to marry doesn't sound much like "freedom"...

FTA: According to data just published by the United Nations, in 2011 China surpassed, for the first time, the United States as the world's leading manufacturer.Response Blocked:The Bring Jobs Home Act would provide a 20% tax break for the costs of moving jobs back to the United States and would rescind business expense deductions available to companies that are associated with the cost of moving operations overseas..."

If they were actually supportive of freedom for everyone and not just freedom for white, rich, non-Hispanic, pro-forced birth, pro-heterosexual, Evangelical Christians, I would be 100% on board with the Tea Party.

Orange-Pippin:FTA: According to data just published by the United Nations, in 2011 China surpassed, for the first time, the United States as the world's leading manufacturer.Response Blocked:The Bring Jobs Home Act would provide a 20% tax break for the costs of moving jobs back to the United States and would rescind business expense deductions available to companies that are associated with the cost of moving operations overseas..."

Orange-Pippin:FTA: According to data just published by the United Nations, in 2011 China surpassed, for the first time, the United States as the world's leading manufacturer.Response Blocked:The Bring Jobs Home Act would provide a 20% tax break for the costs of moving jobs back to the United States and would rescind business expense deductions available to companies that are associated with the cost of moving operations overseas..."

There has to be a Tea Party member on Fark that can explain this.

There was but he thought the transmitter for his wireless mouse was a Chiclet and he choked to death.

Xcott:First they have to articulate exactly what freedom they think is missing, and needs to be restored.

This could be a huge time-saver if they realize that they're trying to save some vague sense of liberty from an imaginary threat, like UN troops amassing in Mexico to put conservatives in boxcars. In that case, they can simply declare victory and go home happy.

No no no, FEMA ordered the autoracks prisoner boxcars, try and get your conspiracy theories correct.

Economic freedom? Because promoting corporate profits over local growth actually limits social mobility and competition in the markets.

Religious freedom? Because freedom of religion means that the government doesn't interfere with anyone's right to worship--or not worship--no matter their faith. That means Mormons, Muslims, Buddhists and even atheists have the right to pursue their faith without support or hinderance.

Privacy? Because a lot of the laws that TEA Party patriots seem to advocate run exactly counter to that.

Equality? Because championing the cause of those who want to see limits on the rights of citizens to marry doesn't sound much like "freedom"...

Their freedom to demand that everyone be god fearing Christians, to pay no taxes (but recieve their own benefits, the "got mine so fark yours" crowd) and to have an arsenal of weaponry that can rival a battalion of Marines.

Oh and by their freedom, I mean, their *personal* freedom. Other people's freedom isn't important.

where were these people when bush was president? y'know, warrantless wiretapping, total information awareness, TSA, endless war, all those liberty destroying things? (speaking of expanded government, medicare part D too, but i'm not complaining about that)

mentula:where were these people when bush was president? y'know, warrantless wiretapping, total information awareness, TSA, endless war, all those liberty destroying things? (speaking of expanded government, medicare part D too, but i'm not complaining about that)

Xcott:First they have to articulate exactly what freedom they think is missing, and needs to be restored.

This could be a huge time-saver if they realize that they're trying to save some vague sense of liberty from an imaginary threat, like UN troops amassing in Mexico to put conservatives in boxcars. In that case, they can simply declare victory and go home happy.

mentula:where were these people when bush was president? y'know, warrantless wiretapping, total information awareness, TSA, endless war, all those liberty destroying things? (speaking of expanded government, medicare part D too, but i'm not complaining about that)

It was OK then because George Bush was a Republican so obviously everything he did was for the good of the country. You can tell because of the (R) next to his name, the news always colored his name in Red, and his mascot was the Elephant.

Orange-Pippin:There has to be a Tea Party member on Fark that can explain this.

The main part of the law is what they have a problem with: if you import labor, you receive a 20% tax break on all shutdown costs overseas and all startup costs domestically. Lets say you want to start a Gadget Manufacturing Company, and you were looking at $10M in startup costs domestically. If you instead start the company overseas, with a much lower startup cost (say, $1.5M) and then import them shortly after, you receive $2.3M in tax breaks - a net gain for doing nothing.

There's a few other complaints (it covers companies relocating automated factories, it's Big Government telling corporations what to do, etc), but that's the primary one methinks.

SuperT:mentula: where were these people when bush was president? y'know, warrantless wiretapping, total information awareness, TSA, endless war, all those liberty destroying things? (speaking of expanded government, medicare part D too, but i'm not complaining about that)

Serious Black:SuperT: mentula: where were these people when bush was president? y'know, warrantless wiretapping, total information awareness, TSA, endless war, all those liberty destroying things? (speaking of expanded government, medicare part D too, but i'm not complaining about that)